After Reborn, I Become a Billionaire
Chapter 594 Business Banquet II

Chapter 594 Business Banquet II

Hannah could say nothing to Susan. If she told her this was her second life, that girl must go crazy.

She pushed her away. "Here he is. As his assistant, how can you run about without waiting on him?"

"Why can't I have some freedom?" Susan complained.

Deep down she truly admired Hannah for her great discrimination in her choice of man. Those who were ready to laugh at her when she had left Charles and got married to Oscar were now proven wrong. Nobody would have expected that she made the best out of a difficult situation.

"Manuel, here."

Susan rolled her eyes and couldn't believe Hannah called him over after she called for some freedom.

Manuel walked towards Hannah without taking a look at Susan and said, "Are you here alone?"

"Oscar's not well enough to attend. My father's retired so he doesn't want to show up." explained Hannah, and went on to introduce, "This is my assistant Tan and my secretary Rose. This is Manual Johnson, the general manager of Phillips Bank."

"Nice to meet you, Mr Johnson."

"Nice to meet you." They exchanged greetings. Manuel was modest and polite, giving the impression that he was urbane.

"We'll do things together later. Tan, you should keep Mr Johnson in touch." Hannah wanted to widen his social circle so that he could take charge of more of her work.

"Yes, Ms Hannah."

Manuel saw her trust in Tan and naturally knew how to treat him in the future.

They talked for quite a while, exchanging nothing more than preliminaries. And Susan stood yawning beside them. She just didn't understand how these two, who had grown up together with her, had become like this.

"I've got to meet a person over there, excuse me," Manuel said to Hannah.

Hannah looked over there. That was Ollie Brown, the president of Sway Bank in East Asia, the biggest rival of Phillips Bank. Sway had been in Northfield for a week. Although no one had been affected, for now, it was hard to tell over time. Manuel must have something in mind that he struck up a conversation with the person in charge. Susan followed him behind.

After a few glances at them, she led Tan and Rose to circulate on the other side.

Hannah was going to leave at half past nine and would have told Susan, but didn't see she and Manuel were socializing. In effect, she was worried that if she left Susan would follow. As Susan could drink like a fish, Manuel seemed to be so comfortable with himself with Susan's help, although he was not a drinker.

Hannah looked at them and smiled, thinking that they were actually a perfect match for each other and that perhaps they would fall in love again over time.

"I got to go. It's still early for the party. You two may leave whenever you see fit." Hannah said to Tan and Rose.

"I'll go with you. I have a plan to finish tonight." Tan said.

Rose thought about it, replaceing that it wasn't much fun to be here alone, and said, "Me too."

Hannah didn't insist, after all, it was better to be voluntarily engaged in social intercourse. She nodded and said, "I need to go to the bathroom." She hadn't taken a sip of wine today but drank a lot of water, and now she felt bloated.

"Me too," Tan said to Rose, "You wait for us in the car. I'll come out with Mr Hannah later."

Without thinking much, Rose nodded and left the hall. She sat in Jimmy's car and waited.

It was a long wait. Jimmy frowned, "Did Ma'am say she was going?"

"Yeah." Rose also felt a bit strange. "She said she had to go to the bathroom first. But it's been half an hour..."

Jimmy got out of the car right away before she finished her sentence.

"Jimmy!" frightened by his reaction, Rose ran after him immediately.

However, they couldn't get in as they didn't have an invitation. Just when Jimmy was going to barge in, Rose stopped him.

"Let me call her first."

Jimmy had to forbear.

Rose dialled with her fingers shaking. No one answered. She was in a panic all at once. Was there something wrong? What could happen at such a fancy party?

She then called Tan. Every beep just made her heart race. Her nerves were stretched almost to breaking point. She was about to give up when the call came through.

"Rose."

"What's taking you so long to answer!" she sputtered, "It's been half an hour. Where are you? Ms Hannah didn't answer her phone."

Tan pursed his lips and took a glance in the rear-view mirror, which reflected Hannah lying unconscious in the back seat. Orders were given and must be carried out.

He planned to do it on the way back, however, it would be easy to fail with Jimmy by his side, hence the decision to act at the party. Sensing the opportunity when Hannah said she wanted to go to the bathroom, he made his move and waited outside the door. As soon as she came out, he suddenly covered her mouth with a handkerchief soaked in knockout drops, which only took less than ten seconds to knock a person out. At length, he took her left through the back door and helped her into his prepared car without being noticed.

It had been twenty minutes since he drove off into the middle of nowhere. Now he was so far away from them that it was useless for Jimmy to catch up.

"Why don't you say something!" Rose raged, as she heard nothing back. Hadn't he heard her say that Hannah wasn't answering her phone? Didn't he go to the bathroom with her?

"Is Jimmy with you?" asked Tan.

Rose was shocked, "Yeah, what?"

"Put him on the phone."

"Why?"

"Give him!" he repeated with emphasis.

Rose's heart missed a beat when she heard his voice. She felt that he was a whole different person, and even suspected whether it was Tan on the phone. However, the voice was exactly the same. She gave the phone to Jimmy anyway, who took it and heard Tan say, "Tell Oscar to come!"